Argentina rights activist reunited with stolen grandson after 35 years

Argentina rights activist reunited with stolen grandson after 35 years

The 83-year-old head of a movement that works to track down babies stolen by Argentina's brutal 1976-83 military dictatorship has found her grandson after a 35-year search.

Argentina court rules 14-year-old rape victim can have abortion

Argentina court rules 14-year-old rape victim can have abortion

A court in Argentina ruled Friday that a 14-year old rape victim could have an abortion, overturning a lower court decision barring the girl from seeking the procedure which had triggered outrage.

Where did pope stand during the ‘Dirty War’?

Where did pope stand during the ‘Dirty War’?

Bergoglio also told the biographer that he often allowed people sought by the military to hide on church property. In testimony before an official tribunal in 2010, he said he was unaware of the military government’s worst excesses until after the fact. He specifically denied knowing that babies born to pregnant detainees were forcibly taken from their mothers and given to politically connected families for adoption — although there is evidence suggesting he did know about this practice.

2 ex-Argentine dictators convicted in baby thefts

2 ex-Argentine dictators convicted in baby thefts

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years Thursday for a systematic program to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta's war on leftist dissidents three decades ago.

Premature Baby Found Alive Inside Morgue

Doctors declared child dead at birth, put her in refrigerator for 10 hours but child still survived

Nun accused of kidnapping was a guardian ad litem

Nun accused of kidnapping was a guardian ad litem

A nun charged with taking a 2-year-old girl from her parents and fleeing to another country was also a guardian ad litem for the state, officials said Thursday.

Argentina's authorities order DNA tests in search for stolen babies of dirty war

Argentina's authorities order DNA tests in search for stolen babies of dirty war

Children adopted by regime backers checked against bodies of those who 'disappeared' in the 70s and 80s

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina’s Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago _ even when they don’t want to know their birth parents.

Human rights activists hope the new law will help find about 400 people stolen as babies, many from women who were kidnapped and gave birth inside clandestine torture centers during the 1976-1983 dictatorship. Thousands of leftists disappeared in what became known as the “dirty war” against political dissent.